3. Apply the decal that you pre-ordered from Wonderfully Wordy. She’s easy to work with. I told her the biggest dimensions I needed and she made the letter fit my space.

Yup, that’s it! So so so easy!!!

Okay, so here’s how to actually apply the vinyl letter… (This is how I did it, but there are other ways as well).

From L to R: Remove staples. Trim off about a 1/4″ of the backing. Now it should look like this. Position your letter exactly where you want it. It should stick at the bottom where you removed a section of the backing (I do this with bumper stickers too. It helps to get it placed perfectly w/o bubbles).

From L to R: Get the vinyl positioned exactly where you want it. Slowly roll the backing off the sticker as you smooth the sticker onto your surface. Once it’s applied smooth it out really well with a scraper. Now Slowly peel off the top sticker layer revealing only the vinyl.

Yes!!!!!!!!! It looks AWESOME!
I love it. SO creative and fun.
Vinyl is SO addicting! And now you know why. lol
It makes even a KNIFE block look ADORABLE> ha!
Thank you SO much for showing me how you used your vinyl!
Shelley

I have to say that I love this! I have a knife block that we keep out on the counter and you’ve got me thinking of doing this. I even love the monogram! I just know I’ll never hear the end of it with the “why are you painting everything black?” {I’ve painted 2 things black}. I do have some Oil Rubbed Bronze and I may just go with that.

So pretty! You’ve inspired me! My knife block was that boring old brown so I spray painted it black. I only had satin finish and that worked nicely too. I tried monogramming it (I don’t have a cricut or vinyl letters) so I printed a letter on my computer and traced it onto the block…then I filled it in with a white paint pen. I looks okay – not perfect like the vinyl. I’m planning to get a cricut for my birthday next month so then I can fix it up right. Thanks for your inspiration!

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This post made me laugh because just this week I threw away my knife block and moments later took it out of the trash. I think I will be painting mine today, thanks for the inspiration. You did a great job.

sorry to burst any bubbles, but instead of spelling out what that looks and offending like I’ll state this: those wolfgang puck knives are likely made in china garbage, obviously dull as my backhand by the void of any sharpening steel, and if I walked in to your place I’d surmise there was no man in the house.

cripes, get an oak knife block with some beautiful end grain showing. get a real set of knives, & especially a man handy enough to sharpen them. they will say perhaps solingen, sabatier, zwilling, be made in france, germany, or japan and be of carbon steel or a decent stainless. Looking at that knife set the only thing I’m expecting you to know how to cook is mac & cheese & if a husband is present would guess he is a video game aficionado.

sorry to burst any bubbles, but instead of spelling out what that looks and offending like I’ll state this: those wolfgang puck knives are likely made in china garbage, obviously dull as my backhand by the void of any sharpening steel, and if I walked in to your place I’d surmise there was no man in the house.

cripes, get an oak knife block with some beautiful end grain showing. get a real set of knives, & especially a man handy enough to sharpen them. they will say perhaps solingen, sabatier, zwilling, be made in france, germany, or japan and be of carbon steel or a decent stainless. Looking at that knife set the only thing I’m expecting you to know how to cook is mac & cheese & if a husband is present would guess he is a video game aficionado.

PS ok browsed the site a little, see that you are thrifty. that said, babygirl get on ebay & track down a cheap set of old knives back when quality was common & oak blocks were standard. I can’t help you with teaching that husband how to hone but there’s a start

Just discovered your blog. Where have you been all my life?! I love this blog already! Now, I’m wanting to do the knife block project, but my knives are not black, they are Chicago Cutlery brown wood. I’d love to have them match. Any suggestions on painting them, without painting the metal part? It’s the kind that shows the metal down the handle.

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